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It's not as popular as the OT armour, let's not forget, but obviously there are more reasons one wouldn't build a specific costume than just a CRL, so let's not leave that small detail out. Sorry Justin, that's not actually correct. You can have it at basic level, clearly you might have missed that point. Never been excluded, nor do I feel it should be. It's not about the material the blaster is made of, it's about the bells, whistles and embellishments for a higher level. Don't forget, this is not about uprooting the entire blaster section of the CRL, this is a proposal to go to a trial and if the LMO's agree then we will trial it. If it works, that's great, if members see merit, even better. If it doesn't work, the CRL's still have intact the blasters basic, EI and Centurion levels there. Not everything will be meaningful to everyone, we are all different, but if you don't see this might be a little fun for some, then that's ok too. Well, this is not a factual statement in the sum of all its parts. We haven't made the CRL's more difficult for any member to achieve 501st approval. That level is still very much the same, aside from some minor tweaks to errors. Lvl 2 and 3 is up to the detachment to set the standard, and we do, as all the other detachments do. The reason we are even considering this is to expand on what is allowable and keeping with the standards. This has never been, nor should it be, everyone wins a participation prize. Strive like others, and you are rewarded, no one is forced to take on the higher levels of approval, nor should they be. @equuspolo absolutely is a great example of how darn good these costumes can look, and he stepped up to the plate and some! His concerns are another reason we are here with this proposal, but we aren't going to throw the baby out with the bathwater in taking a backwards step on the standards we currently have. Enhancing this is the idea, and who knows how that will look in the future. At minimum, this offers a starting. There won't be a perfect solution that makes everyone happy, it would be delusional to think one could, and I am a realist. A middle ground is generally the best way forward, and this is what we are attempting to achieve. We are not a prop replication club, and in saying this, there are other Detachments with far harder to achieve standards than the FISD. I've heard from other legion staff that we strike a pretty good balance or middle ground on how we go about our CRL's and higher awards. That is something for every member to be proud of. FISD, very much like all other detachments, take the stand-out differences that give some form of separation between costumes. For us, we have very similar costumes across the genres, more than most, well aside from the CTD (Clone Trooper Detachment) lol, that's insane how many they have, but we need to identify those difference and make them "stand out", so we have the number of CRL's we do. If this proposal is not for you, vote how you see fit, it's all we expect from everyone who wishes to partake.

TL;DR: "So here's a screen used blaster, can I build one like this *for Centurion?" FISD: "No." Then I don't see the value in this proposal if the DL has final say in what references are valid, but I welcome actual meaningful change to the FOTK CRLs. In the nearly full year since the last update, we have had.... exactly zero new submissions other than @equuspolo for any of the 3 FOTK CRLs, and Ardeshir was vocal about his concerns regarding the unrealistic standards and level of scrutiny during his review (especially of his blaster). Other than him, @TKSpartan (a Deployment Officer team member) has been the only other recipient of a L2 or L3 award for the FOTK in three years, yet we keep making the CRLs... harder? And this is supposed to be... fun?

Karmelo, Karmelo... Como bien te ha dicho Justin, en la Spanish Garrison no está permitido NUNCA. As Justin rightly said, it is NEVER allowed in the Spanish Garrison. P.D.: Bienvenido al FISD. Puedes solicitar acceso total al foro AQUI P.S.: Welcome to FISD. You can request full access to the forum HERE

Para aprobación básica o para eventos oficiales no está permitido, ya que no se vio en la pantalla del cine. Después de la aprobación, hace que los chicos del Reino Unido se sientan especiales. (¡Disculpas por mi traducción de Google!)

31. 2023-11-03, Comic Con Stockholm 2023, (Hero) Comic Con Stockholm! The Garrison has made tremendous efforts with a lot of fun games people can take part in! Beautiful backdrops and Death Star walls, and Tatooine environments! Droid hunt, bounty hunt, blast a trooper, writing people up (much like Imperial HR), we have a little spot where troopers can stand as a statue and have a sign in front that the visitors can read up on the particular costume in front of them. It was fun when standing still for a while and then moving to get a fist bump and the visitors got scared We have also have a "costume highlight" section, where someone either have laid out their costume on a table or put it up on a mannequin and people can go up to it and have a close look, whilst the owner can talk about it and answer any questions! In the first day we raised $2000! Not even the busiest day! Today we were 11 grown up troopers and 1 small one! I'm the trooper looking into the camera!

Cheers Glen. Looks like perfect timing as the mount post you linked was made only yesterday [emoji57] I shall get one and will update this if I have any issues with my amp.

At basic levels it's not a problem, you don't need the moving parts, at higher levels the bells and whistles are what set us apart for those. As I mentioned in the other post, we always aim for the Hero blasters for CRL's, all detachments do, if you don't have those or the intricacies for higher levels, you give nothing for members to aspire to. This exercise is not about dropping current standards, and as mentioned the current EI and centurion sections will remain as is, this simply gives the ability for some more options and a bit of fun. If it looks like we would need to drop standards, this just wouldn't go any further. How that looks in the end, we don't know yet So to be completely simple, there is a place for rubber blasters, it is at basic level where we allow less, at centurion and EI as optional levels, all detachments reserve the right to maintain a standard they see fit. We would do the same. This is only a proposal, not the CRL change itself, ultimately nothing may come of it, and what is written in the proposal is not the language that will go into the CRL that would be refined for the best clarity possible. It could contain info stating the rubber stunt blaster or only give a list of parts allowable, we are not there yet. This is only the gauging interest phase. Thanks for your questions.

@gmrhodes13 yeah, I've since added the thin elastic straps to hold them down. Much better! Thanks

The Aker amp has a power line from the microphone jack which returns through to the Icomm which recharges the unit, most other cheaper version amps do not. Hopefully someone else with chime in about other amp usage. "The Icomm battery takes some power from the Aker to remain charged, it has an active connection on the amp jack, note not all types of amplifiers have this that is why they specify using an Aker amp with the Icomm unit." About this item Self contained protected box that gets it power from the VoiceBooster Voice Amplifier I personally have not tried a different amp with the Icomm but I would think there should be no issues apart from the charging, you could use an external battery for charging which I do have on my TK A nice little box to hold it all FYI you can request 501st access here

Thank you, folks. Got approved yesterday for FOTK! Very happy to join the ranks of the First Order!

80. Portola Springs Elementary Trunk or Treat - Irvine, CA - Fri. 10/27/23 Ignore my bad Photoshop and our GA trooper who didn't want to wear his helmet